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01 August 2015

On This Day: Catherine Cresswell Eckman dies

It was On This Day, 117 years ago, in 1898 that Catherine
Kezia Cresswell Eckman passed away in Strasburg Township, LancasterCounty.

Born 13 October 1840, she was the daughter of James
Cresswell and Elizabeth Herr. Elizabeth,
being the daughter of David Herr and Catherine Bumberger, was the 3x great
granddaughter of the Reverend Hans Herr.

Catherine married John Henry Eckman, son of Henry and
Elizabeth Eckman, on 7 January 1858. They had 11 children and lived across the
street from the ZionUCCChurch
in Providence.

She is buried at Zion
with her husband, John, and several of their children.